YAHOO News, Nov 04, 2010

• Election doesn't end major discord for GOP, Obama (AP)
• No clear path for GOP on health care repeal (AP)
• 18 dead found in Mexico mass grave shown in video (AP)
• US officials: Military wants to boost aid to Yemen (AP)
• Obama drops plan to limit global warming gases (AP)
• Plotters didn't know where mail bombs would go off (AP)

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GM’s $10.6 Billion IPO Could be an Enticing Opportunity For Investors

By Don Miller, Associate Editor, Money Morning

General Motors in an initial public offering (IPO) this month will price its shares at a level that could regenerate investor interest, and even throw off generous returns over time.
At least that's the hope of the U.S. government, which is likely to see its taxpayer-owned stake fall to less than the symbolically important 50% level when it sells approximately $7 billion of its shares in the IPO.

Tamil migrant in custody, faces alleged war crimes: government - thestar.com

Migrants are escorted from the M V Sun Sea after it was escorted into CFB Esquimalt in Colwood, B.C., on Aug. 13, 2010.

MAPLE RIDGE, B.C.—One of the 492 Tamil migrants who entered Canada onboard the MV Sun Sea will remain in custody after a government representative alleged the man may have committed war crimes.

Leader of Yemen Al Qaeda branch a master of disguises

 

Leaders of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, from left to right: military leader Qassim al-Raimi, deputy leader Saeed al-Shihri, leader Nasser al-Wahishi, and Abu al-Hareth Muhammad al-Oufi. (Jan. 23, 2009)
SANAA, YEMEN—Only four years after he and a band of militants made a daring escape from a Sanaa prison, Qassim al-Raimi has become the dominant figure in Al Qaeda’s

Winners and losers

TARSANDS: The Alberta oil patch will be doing cartwheels as the immediate threat of an aggressive Obama climate bill targeting carbon-heavy oilsands bitumen goes nova. Worries that the states will pick up where the feds left off also abate given the Republican takeover of so many governorships.

The tragic history of the private Davis family

The wealthy Davis family valued privacy, but their millions could not buy it. Through violent twists of fate and alleged crimes of greed, their tragedies have played out on front pages for decades.

Volcanic eruption sends Indonesian villagers fleeing

Molten lava flows from the crater of Indonesia's Mount Merapi late Nov. 2, 2010.

Indonesia’s deadly volcano erupted Wednesday with its biggest blast yet, shooting searing ash miles into the sky and forcing the hasty evacuations of panicked villagers and emergency shelters near the base.

Laureen Harper asks Iranian president to block woman’s execution

TBILISI, GA.—Iran’s foreign minister said Wednesday that no final decision has been made in the case of a woman who once faced death by stoning for an adultery conviction, despite reports her execution was imminent.

Coyle: Campbell departure ripples through Queen’s Park

Gordon Campbell, seen in an October file photo, announced his resignation as B.C. premier and called a Liberal leadership convention, saying voter anger over the HST had derailed his government.

Since Canada’s premiers met two Novembers ago in Ottawa to discuss the global economic crisis, four have left the club.